Eocursor parvus Butler et al. 2007 (ornithischian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: R. J. Butler, R. M. H. Smith, and D. B. Norman. 2007. A primitive ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution and diversification of Ornithischia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274:2041-2046

Belongs to Eocursor according to R. J. Butler 2010

See also Becerra et al. 2016, Breeden et al. 2021, Breeden and Rowe 2020, Butler et al. 2007, Butler and Sullivan 2009, Delsate and Ezcurra 2014, Desojo et al. 2020, Ezcurra 2017, Griffin and Nesbitt 2016, Han et al. 2012, Marzola and Dalla Vecchia 2014 and Moro et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM-PK-K8025, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is farm Damplaats (55), Ladybrand, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian dry floodplain siltstone/sandstone in the Elliot Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at farm Damplaats (55), Ladybrand

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